In addition, Spiff Workflow provides a parser and workflow emulation layer that can be used to create executable Spiff Workflow specifications from Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) documents.

For documentation please refer to:

https://github.com/knipknap/SpiffWorkflow/wiki

Contact

Mailing List: http://groups.google.com/group/spiff-devel/

Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN)

TODO: move this to the wiki:

Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) is a standard for business process modeling that provides a graphical notation for specifying business processes, based on a flowcharting technique. The objective of BPMN is to support business process management, for both technical users and business users, by providing a notation that is intuitive to business users, yet able to represent complex process semantics. The BPMN specification also provides a standard XML serialization format, which is what Spiff Workflow parses.

A reasonable subset of the BPMN notation is supported, including the following elements:

Call Activity
Start Event
End Event (including interrupting)
User and Manual Tasks
Script Task
Exclusive Gateway
Parallel Gateway
Intermediate Catch Events (Timer and Message)
Boundary Events (Timer and Message, interrupting and non-interrupting)

The following is an example of a BPMN workflow: